Mark’s Blog

If you are like me, you hunger for helpful insights into the word of God.  I live for them, in fact!  They do not need to be huge, earth-shaking insights – just helpful, accurate, and real.  I saw a reference to one today that I thought you might enjoy.  In Luke 12:55, Jesus makes reference [...]

First, an update on yesterday’s post.  In it, I encouraged you to check out th new movie entitled “Expelled.”  If you live in this immediate area, though, it has yet to be released into our theaters.  I hope it will be soon.
 
Now, if you want a very helpful and interesting website, try out this:
http://zipskinny.com
At this [...]

 
This is now in the theaters, and I recommend you to see it.

If you ever wondered what was meant by the phrase in Scripture “The life is in the blood,” then you may be interested in the following link.  CAUTION:  contains rather graphic video of a real live lamb sacrifice performed just a few days ago in Jerusalem, Israel. 
We often speak of the blood sacrifice of [...]

 
The Many Names of CHRIST
 
To the ARTIST He is the One Altogether Lovely.
To the ARCHITECT He is the Chief Corner Stone.
To the BAKER He is the Living Bread.
To the BANKER He is the Hidden Treasure.
To the BIOLOGIST He is the Life.
To the BUILDER He is the Sure Foundation.
To the CARPENTER He is the Door.
To the [...]

[I read the following article in Resources, the periodical newsletter of the Missions Resource Network.  It was written by brother Bob Waldron.  Enjoy!  - MEM]
 
Revival, Missions & Unity
 
            Christians have always struggled with maintaining unity.  As early as the first century, Paul begged the Ephesian believers to “maintain the unity of the Spirit” (Eph. 4:3).  [...]

            The worst thing was that no one noticed.
 
            That’s what happened when the DJ on a small independent radio station in Britain spent an hour talking on his breakfast show without pressing the button to make his show live.  As a result, listeners could not hear him.
 
            Andy Greener is a volunteer DJ at [...]

          Today one of my babies turns 14.  Hard to believe.  April 2, 1994.  A day that certainly changed my life.  Actually it all changed quite a bit several months before that at a quiet dinner between Tracey and I at the old Point of View Restaurant above Blennerhassett Island.  She chose that setting to [...]

          In an article at Mike Milton’s website “The Call,” he shares this insight: “When my father died I was barely six years old. After the funeral, Aunt Eva took me and we went through his possessions. Well, my dad didn’t have many possessions. But of all the things we found, the one that lasted [...]